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Just drawing on my own experience with our rabbit and how she behaved. We never lost any of the 5 babies they all grew up and were really healthy. Bugsly never stomped on any of them. She was a very good mother - even if you think she was a little "odd".

Not always the case - my dutch rabbit never left her kits - only to go get food. I think it depends on the rabbit and the back ground. If they were hand reared /reared in captivity/ or more wild less handled etc. Not all Rabbits are the same you just have to go with your Rabbit and what she...

Quote: I watched a programme on rabbit killing. It was to do with the armed forces and they just hold them by the back legs and hit them across the back of the neck with one good blow. Apparently it is very fast and affective. - But I do understand about the killing thing. I couldn;t kill my...

Louise's Country Closet : Some momma's just eat their young with no explanation at all. We breed our rabbits for meat so if a momma would eat her babies we'd get rid of her, it's not a trait we'd want to breed. If we didn't touch them, we'd lose a lot of babies with how many litters we have...

Louise's Country Closet : Quote: That might be a good idea for a little while considering it's a wild rabbit.. but if it had been a rabbit that was already use to you, you could touch them right away. We have 9 does and I've always been right in the nest box when they're done having babies...

Your babies look really lovely. I think they would get cold without your heat lamp though looking at the way she is. I would not turn it off unless you can offer her an other way to keep babies warm. When our rabbit had young she was in a rabbit cage with news paper and loads of hay. Our girl...

Quote: 6-8 weeks? You should leave the babies with mom till 6-8 weeks, never had an issue. Most rabbits hormones kick in at 4-6 months. We seperate at 8 weeks to get them away from mom and then sell them. Then by 3 months they are seperated by sex if not sold yet. I have never had one go into...

Don;t be messing with mummy becasue she may turn on and eat the babies. Please try not to disturb her too much and certainly Never handle the tiny babies as your scent on them could make mummy bunny turn on them. She will do a great job just give her a safe place and leave her alone to do her...